When they saw Zhou Xiang, many people greeted him warmly. Because of the duck feather collection incident, everyone's opinion of Zhou Xiang changed.
A boy walked up to Zhou Xiang's seat and asked, "Zhou Xiang, I have a lot of duck and goose feathers at home. Would you like to take them all?"
Zhou Xiang nodded and said, "I'll take it. I'll take as much as I want, as long as it's dried clean."
"Then I'll meet you at the food station this afternoon."
"Okay." Zhou thought about it. This short boy's name was Chen Shi. His family sold braised food. They must kill a lot of ducks and geese every day. Well, he was a big customer!
After a while, Teacher Guo came in and asked Xie Zhuang to take a few students to the office to move their winter vacation homework.
Everything was ready, and Teacher Guo began to distribute report cards and winter vacation homework. After everyone had received their report cards and winter vacation homework.
"Be quiet, now we're going to give out certificates and prizes. The first place winner will receive a ballpoint pen and a notebook, the second place winner will receive a ballpoint pen, and the third place winner will receive a pencil and an exercise book.
Now I will start giving out awards. Those who I will call will come to the podium to receive their awards."
Teacher Guo picked up the certificate and pencil exercise book, "Third place, Guan Ping and Xie Jin."
After the two male students went on stage to receive the awards, they bowed to their classmates and left. Zhou Xiang then remembered that this ceremony still existed in this era and felt a little resistant.
"Second place, Wang Yan."
After the girl accepted her award and bowed, Teacher Guo announced loudly, "Now, we have the first prize winner, Zhou Xiang, with a total score of 399.5 points, first in the grade. The principal will be here soon to hand out certificates and prizes to the grade. Please keep quiet."
Zhou wanted to stand up. Since her desk was still next to the podium, she took two steps to the podium and took the certificate and prize handed out by Teacher Guo.
I was considering whether to bow and leave the stage! Then the principal came in.
"That's perfect. Zhou wants you to stay here and go get your certificate for first place in your grade."
After saying this, Teacher Guo took two steps back to make room.
The principal stood in front of the podium, cleared his throat and said, "Hello everyone, I would like to say a few words before giving out the awards. In order to take care of her family, Zhou Xiang has been studying at home this month. She promised me that if she falls out of the top three in the grade, she will come back to class.
If you are not convinced, you can come to me and sign a letter of guarantee, promising that you will always be in the top three in the grade. I will also agree that you can study at home. If you can't do it, don't talk behind my back. Jealousy is terrible and it can destroy a person's will.
Okay, that's all I have to say. Now I'll hand out the certificates and prizes. The prize for first place in the grade is a Hero pen and a large notebook."
Zhou Xiang was about to accept the grade certificate and prize and was about to leave the podium when he was stopped by the principal's words.
"Now, please invite Zhou Xiang, the top student in the grade, to share his learning experience with everyone."
Zhou Xiang was confused by the principal's unpredictable behavior, and Teacher Guo pushed her.
She had no choice but to stand in front of the podium, barely revealing her little head, and looking at the more than 40 classmates below the podium.
"There is a path to the mountain of knowledge through diligence, and there is no end to the sea of learning through hard work. There is no shortcut to learning. I just do more exercises, use pencil to do the workbooks, erase them and start over, and then memorize more.
I carry books with me no matter what I do. I recite books whenever I have some free time. Don’t say I don’t have time. Time is like a sponge. You can squeeze it and you’ll have more. I can recite books while I’m making a fire or walking to school.
Those are my thoughts and my learning experiences, thank you.”
Taking advantage of his short stature, he nodded and walked down the podium.
There was thunderous applause in the classroom. When the principal was thinking that his sudden idea was great, Yang Yang, the top student in Class 2, came to Class 1.
"Principal, I want to see Zhou Xiang's test paper."
The principal felt that he had been slapped in the face. Well, since you are not convinced, then I will make you convinced.
"Call all the students in your class and let's look at Zhou Xiang's test paper together. I'll let you know that there are always better people out there."
Zhou Xiang was speechless. These people had been staying at the top of the pyramid for a long time and could not accept that others were better than them. This was just a small town. When they reached junior high school, high school, and even university, students from all directions would gather together. Who could guarantee that they would always stay at the top of the pyramid?
Yang Yang called the top three students from Class 2, plus the second and third place students from Class 1, and the seven of them gathered around the podium to look at Zhou Xiang's test paper.
After watching, everyone fell silent. Yang Yang walked up to Zhou Xiang and said, "I will work hard. I will take the first place back next time."
Zhou Xiang looked at Yang Yang who walked out and shook his head. Poor child, I have a cheating tool, you will never be able to surpass me.
The principal took Zhou Xiang's test paper away, using it as a tool to make people shut up.
Teacher Guo tapped the podium and said, "Okay, winter vacation has officially begun. Report on February 28th and classes will start on March 1st. Don't forget to have fun."
After Teacher Guo left, the classroom immediately became lively. Zhou Xiang packed her bag and prepared to leave when Li Li called her, "Zhou Xiang, wait for me."
Zhou Xiang could only stand there and wait for her. When Wang Yan passed by her, she snorted.
Li Li heard it and said, "Ignore her. She can't stand others studying better than her."
Zhou Xiang smiled and said nothing. Wang Yan has always been the first in the class. She must be dissatisfied with getting second place this time. Yang Yang, the nephew of Teacher Yang, has always been the first in the grade. They are both people who refuse to admit defeat.
Elementary school knowledge is simple and it is easy to catch up, but it is difficult for them to get full marks, so I'm sorry, the first place will always be mine.
Zhong Ling kept looking at Zhou Xiang with jealousy and hatred, but Zhou Xiang pretended not to see it, as her eyes couldn't kill anyone.
I just didn't expect it.
"Zhou Xiang, you got two pens, can you lend me one?" Zhong Ling stood in front of Zhou Xiang with her schoolbag on her back.
Zhou Xiang just wanted to laugh at her. He had never seen anyone so shameless.
"Excuse me, if I lend you a fountain pen, do you have ink? Do you lend me the ink as well? And if I lend you a ballpoint pen, and the refill runs out, will you return it with a new one? Also, this is a prize, and my parents haven't even seen it yet, so you're lending it to you? That's really rude of you."
"That's right, that's right. You have the nerve to borrow prizes? That's too unselfish of you. If you can get into the top three, you will have everything. You don't need to borrow others'." Li Li chimed in.
Zhong Ling left angrily. Li Li shook her head at her back and said, "She's so shameless. Now everyone in the class is afraid of her. They're all afraid that she'll borrow things and then not return them."
Zhou Xiang laughed and said, "Let's go!"
The two left the classroom together and arrived at the school gate. Seeing Ling Ran standing outside the school gate, Zhou Xiang paused, pretended not to see him, and continued walking forward.
"Zhou Xiangxiang, I came here specially to pick you up."
Li Li was also a bit intimidated by Ling Ran, so she turned to Zhou Xiang and said, "Then I'll be leaving first."
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